Robinson's Opens Sunday At Florida Mall

Central Florida's third Robinson's department store opens at noon Sunday in Florida Mall in south Orlando.

The St. Petersburg-based company opened its first department store in 1973; the Florida Mall store is its 10th.

At 120,000 square feet, the new store is about the same size as the company's stores at Fashion Square Mall in Orlando and at Altamonte Mall in Seminole County. The Florida Mall store will employ 200, said Donald Ziccardi, senior vice president of marketing for Robinson's of Florida.

Ziccardi would not disclose the cost of the Florida Mall store. The two- level store will offer the same types of merchandise as the company's other outlets, he said.

Robinson's of Florida is owned Associated Dry Goods Corp. of New York.